26 children fall ill at Hyderabad residential school, samples taken for COVID-19 test
It is learnt from highly placed sources that the fear of an outbreak arose after the principal got affected with Covid-19 and had to be hospitalised a week ago.
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HYDERABAD: Nearly 26 children studying in the residential social welfare school at Gowlidoddi were rushed to Continental Hospital in Gachibowli on Thursday night after they had symptoms of fever and cold. All of their samples have been sent for a Covid-19 test.
The students, all boys aged between 16-17 years, were housed in the IIT preparation focused Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society s (TSWREIS) residential school since February 1st when the state government had permitted to resume schools. The children who hail from various districts were residing in the school and suddenly fell ill.